By IMEMC | – – Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa al-Barghouthi, on Tuesday, said the legitimization of settlement outposts, by the Israeli Knesset, is “a war on the Palestinian people.” In a press statement,…

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have rejected Iran’s interference in the domestic affairs of countries in the region and stressed they were absolutely committed to fighting extremist ideologies that fed terrorism and distorted Islam’s image. Show More Summary

IDF posted a map on Twitter Tuesday evening showing more than 200 locations south of the Litani River where Hezbollah has embedded weapons warehouses, weapons manufacturing facilities, rocket launch pads, and the like inside residential areas in towns and villages. In the event of another war with Hezbollah, the IDF claimed it could potentially target […]

Dave Majumdar
Security, Europe
It will imitate the sound of an enemy submarine during naval exercises.
Russia’s Rubin design bureau is working on developing a miniature autonomous unmanned submarine that would be used to replicate the characteristics of a full-sized submarine. Show More Summary

Tarek Shandab, a Lebanese lawyer filed Thursday a lawsuit against Syria’s Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, claiming that the Mufti’s remarks have incited crimes against humanity and war crimes, National News Agency reported The lawsuit was reportedly filed on behalf of several Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon. Shandab demanded the arrest of Mufti Hassoun before […]

By Matt Egan Shale pioneer and Trump backer Harold Hamm senses a “feeling of euphoria” that has swept over the oil industry over the past few weeks. Not only did OPEC finally surrender to U.S. shale sending prices higher, but the underdog that Hamm bet on has won the White House and promised to unleash […]

Dave Majumdar
Security,
Every line in the NATOPS manual is written in blood.
Naval aviation is an inherently dangerous business, but over the course of more than 75 years, through robust procedures, rigorous training and continuous practice, the U.S. Show More Summary

Bill Gertz
Security, Asia
And Its a big problem.
China has gained military benefits in recent years from stealing defense secrets through industrial and cyber espionage carried out by its intelligence services, according to a US congressional...Show More Summary

Law enforcement efforts to capture refugees crossing the vast wilderness of the US-Mexico borderlands leads to injury, trauma, death, and disappearance.
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Doug Bandow
Politics, Europe
Angela Merkel cannot save liberalism from a fiery death.
It wasn’t long ago that Germany’s Angela Merkel was anointed as the last defender of liberal Western values. She was even expected to hold America’s Donald Trump to account. Show More Summary

The war between Donald Trump and the nation’s labor unions is on. Labor leaders, who spent tens of millions of dollars campaigning against Trump, said after the election they’d give him a chance to deliver on his pro-worker agenda. But the cease-fire eroded in just the past 24 hours. First, Trump blasted an Indiana union […]